Family-founded in 1990. Still run by the scientists who answer your call.

Janice Schulze has spent nearly 35 years in microbiology, most of them building this company. She holds a B.S. in Biological Sciences from UC Irvine and helped establish ACTA's microbiology and in vitro laboratories from the ground up. She was also instrumental in setting up the QA/QC quality systems.

As ACTA's director of Quality Assurance and Quality Control, she improved the quality systems she helped build and lab operations the company still runs on. Her own bench work is in microbial limits, antimicrobial effectiveness, and in vitro biological reactivity testing, along with method development and validation.

She leads ACTA as President today, setting direction while staying close enough to the science to answer a technical question herself.

Away from the lab she camps and hikes with her husband, Kurt, and their three sons.

Kurt Schulze joined ACTA in 1992 as employee number two, two years after his mother founded it. He holds a B.S. in Chemistry from UC Irvine and has spent more than 35 years building the lab into what it is today.

As Laboratory Director he runs method development, method validation, stability programs, and the analytical strategy behind clients' regulatory submissions, from early development through commercial manufacturing. His analytical range covers HPLC, GC, GC-MS, ICP-MS, FTIR, and UV-Vis, plus compendial and wet chemistry methods.

On the microbiology side he has run sterility, microbial limits, antimicrobial effectiveness, and in vitro biological reactivity testing. Across all of it his rule is the one his mother set: the data has to be right, and a person has to stand behind it.

Outside the lab he camps and hikes with his wife and their three sons.

Vincent Tecson started at ACTA in 2004 as a chemistry technician and worked his way up through lab supervisor and QA/QC manager to Director of Quality & IT. Twenty years in, there is little in this lab he has not done himself.

He studied both Biological Sciences and Computer Engineering at UC Irvine, and the job now spans both. He owns quality assurance and quality control, holds the line on cGMP, FDA, and 21 CFR Part 11 data integrity, and runs the technology, from the two-building network to qualifying the instruments.

Off the clock he bowls competitively, stays active, and cooks for his wife and two kids.

Gina Modino has kept ACTA's front office running for 20 years. She joined straight out of college with a psychology degree and has been part of the team ever since.

Samples come in through her, and Certificates of Analysis get proofread by her before they leave the building. She also handles quotes, invoicing, and the day to day that keeps the lab moving, and she is often the first person a new client talks to.

Outside work she is raising three boys and travels when she can.

Ashley Bogseth has spent more than 13 years at ACTA. She handles purchasing, accounts receivable, and accounts payable, buys the materials and equipment the lab runs on, prepares client quotes, takes in and logs samples, and proofreads Certificates of Analysis before they go out.

Repeat clients know her by name, and she takes pride in keeping the office accurate and easy to work with.

Outside the office she travels with her husband, goes to festivals and concerts, and spends time with their dog, Korra.